Amazon.com LLC
Financial Services
SecurityEngineer,PaymentsSecurity
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“Security Engineer, Payments Security at Amazon.com LLC. Skills: Product Security, Payments Security, Threat modeling, Penetration testing. Develop technical understanding of products. Develop technical understanding of services”
What You'll Achieve.
Protect payment systems; Protect customer data; Promote best security practices; Develop secure payment products; Prioritize data protection; Raise security bar; Enhance security operations; Provide customer-centric experience; Keep customers safe; Build faster securely; Eliminate trustbusters
Industry & Context.
Handle difficult challenges; Handle difficult problems; Make risk-based assessments; Root cause analysis
On-call rotation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in STEM, 2+ years application security frameworks, 2+ years identity and access controls, 2+ years incident response, 2+ years mobile security, 2+ years cloud computing and security, 2+ years AI security, 2+ years threat intelligence, 2+ years penetration testing, Experience with threat modeling, Experience with penetration testing, Knowledge of security technology, Knowledge of security concepts, Experience in written communication, Experience in verbal communication, Experience communicating with technical audiences, Experience communicating with non-technical audiences, Experience communicating with senior leadership, Experience in scripting, Experience in programming, Experience in security code reviewing, Experience with Python, Experience with Java, Experience with C++
Nice to Have
Experience with AWS services, Experience with other cloud offerings, Experience implementing security solutions, 1+ year Secure SDLC, Drive multiple security reviews, Provide security guidance
What You'll Do.
Develop technical understanding of products
Develop technical understanding of services
Develop technical understanding of architectures
Conduct architecture reviews
Conduct threat modelling
Interpret security tools results
Interpret penetration testing results
Provide advice on prioritization
Provide advice on vulnerability remediation
Provide advice on risk mitigation
Deliver documentation to stakeholders
Deliver metrics to stakeholders
Deliver documentation to business leaders
Deliver metrics to business leaders
Research attacker Tools
Research attacker Techniques
Research attacker Procedures
Maintain proficiency in security topics
Propose materials to raise security bar
Develop materials to raise security bar
Build innovative tools
Build innovative solutions
Build scalable solutions
Build innovative processes
Build scalable processes
Enhance Payments Security operations
Provide customer-centric experience
Analyze logging infrastructure
Analyze alerting infrastructure
Ensure appropriate coverage
Ensure appropriate response capability
Evaluate impact of security trends
Evaluate impact of security advisories
Evaluate impact of security publications
Evaluate impact of academic research
Coordinate responses across teams
Participate in security escalations
Support security escalations
Participate in on-call rotation
Collaborate with application development teams
Inspect application code
Fine-tune service design
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Application development teams; Cross-functional teams; Internal Payments ecosystem
Communication Scope
Verbal communication; Written communication; Technical communication; Non-technical communication; Executive presentations
Process & Methodology
Time management
Full Job Description
As a Product Security Engineer at Amazon Payments Security, you'll be at the forefront of protecting systems that handle financial transactions and customer data for millions of Amazon customers. Your mission? Fortify our payment systems and payment methods with impenetrable security measures. Amazon Payments processes millions of transactions every day across numerous countries and payment methods. Over 100 million customers and merchants send tens of billions of dollars flow through our systems annually. At Amazon Payments Security, we play a crucial role in promoting best security practices within the internal Payments ecosystem, as well as spearheading the development of secure payment products that prioritize data protection from their inception. A Security Engineer in Amazon will be strong in multiple security domains and sought out for advice on technical issues. Efficient time management skills are required along with the ability to deliver results in the face of uncertainty. Engineers in this role must show exemplary judgment in making technical trade-offs between short versus long term security and business goals. They must also demonstrate resilience and navigate difficult situations with composure and tact. The successful candidate must be one that can handle several difficult challenges and problems, can make risk-based assessments founded on data and facts. Additionally, the successful candidate will be: - Methodically empirical and experimental in approach and evaluation without being bound by over paralysis-by-analysis; - Work ceaselessly to improve knowledge of the security field, threat landscape, security intelligence, moving proactively toward prevention and detection of threats; - Be an enthusiastic learner and curiosity seeker, focusing on what can be done rather than hindered by notions of what cannot be; - Possess effective verbal and written communication skills, be passionate about sharing knowledge, tactics, strategy, as well as advocating
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